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Wikia Search Engine to be Launched on January 7th

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wisdom-of-crowds dept.

cagnol writes "The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Wales, the founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has announced the launch of a new open-source search engine, Wikia Search, on January 7th, 2008. The project will allow the community to help rank search results, in a model close to Wikipedia. However the company is a for-profit organization. This new search is supposed to challenge Google and Yahoo."

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  1. yeah by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Wales, the founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has announced the launch of a new open-source search engine, Wikia Search, on January 7th, 2008.

    Not only that, Wikipedia is reporting that its marketshare has tripled in the last six months.

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  2. Re:Easily Abused? by Walzmyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    What this means is that no matter what you search for, the top hundred results will be to porn sites.

  3. Market share of... by gringer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Market share of what? Wikiality
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  4. Re:Challenging Google? by STrinity · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it is no response to Knol. I have been working on this for a year.
    I'm sorry, but your post cites primary sources and thus does not meet Wikipedia's standards.
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  5. Re:Challenging Google? by mblase · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is actually possible for people to just enjoy doing cool stuff without being bastards about it. People forget this sometimes, maybe due to the reputation of a certain dominant software provider. :)

    Oh, come on. The people who matter already know that most Linux users aren't elitist snobs.